So are you getting any joy from your bass, then?_________________Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976)

Great stuff, Wout! Btw, I started thinking, you might like to try a trick my friend does sometimes playing acoustic guitar in an electric setting: He splits the signal, setting up two signal chains in parallel. One goes through a DI, straight to the mixer, the other goes to a smallish amp (valve for preference), set to breaking up, but only a smidgeon of distortion. The clean channel is set to scoop the mids, leaving only lows and highs. On the amp one, the lows and highs are cut as much as possible. The combined signal, if set up right, sounds more natural and lively than just the usual "straight to the board" sound, though it's not something you try first time around in front of an audience - it takes time ti get just so! _________________Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976)

That's funny...
This evening (In Europe it's already half way the evening) I am experimenting with my accoustic bass guitar, using a mic, a single coil element (Fishman) and the piëzo bridge element...
Will have a hear for sure!

So Wout, any news on yer luverly Dean?_________________Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976)

That's not good at all from the folks at Dean. Should we name and shame them?_________________Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976)

Those bull fiddles seem really nice, and not prohibitively priced at that!_________________Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976)

No, still no answer from the Dean guys (more than a year now...) so I decided to try something myself...

Started cleaning up: no difference, the A string was still distorted and the tone died to quickly and abrupt.
Second action: checking the internal wires: all in good shape and after all there was sound…
Third action: fine tuning the bridge and… There it was, a sound like the other three strings…
To a piëzo pick up there has to be a good contact between the string and the element.

Dean guitars are rather good and okay concerning the hardware. I bought an Edge 09 Mahogny bass for less than € 100.- new and it left the factory with a very well fine tuned finger board: all notes everywhere on the stick are in tune! Besides the Pace Bass I also own a Dean EAB frettless (both are always in tune, of course) and on these I had to change something to the electric components too, so that part of the instruments could do better...

*BUMP*
So Wout, how is the Pace coming along?_________________Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976)

The Pick up on the A string fell out. I still have to repair it, but not very in need of the Pace right now, because I have to do the next few gigs on the double bass (need to bow sometimes...). Maybe I change the whole electrics in the Pace somehow.

Wout, I'm still keen to hear how things panned out with yer Dean Pace... _________________Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976)

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